C.E.O. and co-founder of Google, Larry Page, recently sat down with Wired for an interview. Although not unexpected, one of the first topics discussed was Apple. To be more specific, Wired asked Page about his thoughts on Steve Jobs’s comments about waging “thermonuclear war” on companies who Apple believed was copying its designs and using already patented ideas.

When asked about Jobs’s comments, Page responded with “How well is that working?” Google and Apple have been battling each other directly in terms of smartphones, operating systems, and patent wars recently. Page and others have criticized Apple about its use of patents to push other technology manufacturers out of the way.

Although Page doesn’t seem too fond of Apple’s court battles, he did admit that Apple has done some things very well.

“You know, we always have these debates: We have all this money, we have all these people, why aren’t we doing more stuff? You may say that Apple only does a very, very small number of things, and that’s working pretty well for them.”

What do you, the reader, think about Page’s comments? Is he right, or is Apple succeeding in their court battles and “thermonuclear war?” Let us know!

About Griffin Koupal

Griffin is currently studying finance in the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., but is originally from the great state of Kansas. He loves writing about technology, and is the proud owner of an iPhone 5 and iPad mini.

I believe Jobs’ comment about thermonuclear war was focused solely on Google, not “companies who Apple believed was copying its designs and using already patented ideas.”
1. Jobs is not waging war.
2. The war that’s on has not gone thermonuclear.
3. Page would be smart not to make fun of something Jobs (who offered Page advice when he asked for it) said.

Jacked

I think it’s childish for a CEO to say stupid things. I recall when Tim Cook was asked if Facebook was difficult to deal with his reply was something like “They have a way of doing business that works for them.” That’s class, Larry hasn’t learned that and needs to IMO

ReinaldoAFleitas

He is nothing more then a common thief

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